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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/users/bicmay/statuses/113812191363335725">Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified: (bicmay@med-mastodon.com)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 00:50:08 JST</a><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/@bicmay" title="bicmay@med-mastodon.com"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/114584-48-20230424231949.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:</a></section><article><p>"More than 900 incarcerated people are among the more than 7,500 personnel helping fight the historic, and destructive, Southern California wildfires...This is not a new practice. California has relied on incarcerated firefighters since 1915. And prison labor has been used to respond to emergencies and disasters nationwide for centuries, said Bianca Tylek, executive director of Worth Rises, a criminal justice advocacy organization."</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/01/10/nx-s1-5254122/inmate-firefighters-california-wildfires" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.npr.org/2025/01/10/nx-s1-5254122/inmate-firefighters-california-wildfires</a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PublicHealth" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/labor" rel="tag">#labor</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/CriminalJustice" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4366560#notice-8539586">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-01-14T00:50:08+09:00" title="Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 00:50:08 JST">about 4 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/@bicmay/113812191363335725" rel="external" title="Sent from med-mastodon.com via ActivityPub">med-mastodon.com</a></span></span><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/@bicmay/113812191363335725">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: npr.brightspotcdn.com</div><h5><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/01/10/nx-s1-5254122/inmate-firefighters-california-wildfires#PublicHealth">Inmates are fighting California wildfires in long-running and controversial practice</a></h5><div></div></header><div>California has turned to incarcerated firefighters since 1915. To those opposed to the use of inmates as firefighters, the system is seen as exploitative.</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified: (bicmay@med-mastodon.com)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 00:50:08 JST Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:
"More than 900 incarcerated people are among the more than 7,500 personnel helping fight the historic, and destructive, Southern California wildfires...This is not a new practice. California has relied on incarcerated firefighters since 1915. And prison labor has been used to respond to emergencies and disasters nationwide for centuries, said Bianca Tylek, executive director of Worth Rises, a criminal justice advocacy organization."
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/10/nx-s1-5254122/inmate-firefighters-california-wildfires
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  Inmates are fighting California wildfires in long-running and controversial practice
  California has turned to incarcerated firefighters since 1915. To those opposed to the use of inmates as firefighters, the system is seen as exploitative.